Pedernales Municipality
History
The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.
Demographics
The Pedernales Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 6,535 (up from 5,181 in 2000). This amounts to 4.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).
Government
The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 40% of the vote. He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Pedernales and Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (previous to February 25, 1995, the Pedernales Municipality contained only a single parish).
References
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls
- ^ "Mayor of Municipality PEDERNALES". cne.gob.ve. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ "e016.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.